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Taking Care of Our Folks

A Manual for Family Members Caring for the Black Elderly

By: Deborah Y. Liggan MD,Deborah Y. Liggan

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Taking Care of Our Folks

A Manual for Family Members Caring for the Black Elderly

By: Deborah Y. Liggan MD,Deborah Y. Liggan

With the growing concern over healthcare in America, studies show that elderly African- Americans often come out on the losing end of the system due to lack of health insurance. Because of this growing population, taking care of elderly patients in the African-American community has become the responsibility of their family. If you're facing such a situation, your questions may be many and your answers few. Taking Care of Our Folks is a definitive guide to caring for your elderly relatives. Drawing on comprehensive and detailed research, this essential resource aims to ensure that elderly African-Americans receive culturally competent healthcare and live more productive, independent, and pain-free lives. Deborah Y. Liggan, MD, discusses the major health issues and offers case studies of how each illness affects this ethnic group. She offers up-to-date information on nutrition, pharmacology, technological advances, and self-help for each disease. Topics focus specifically on elderly African-Americans and include: Neurology of aging Cardiovascular problems Mental health and aging Approach to gastrointestinal problems Prominent cancers With clear and concise language, Taking Care of Our Folks will serve as an invaluable tool for caregivers and aging patients alike. Take the first step to competent and compassionate caregiving today!

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0595515029

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9780595515028

The Veteran’S Guide to Psychiatry

By: Deborah Y. Liggan MD

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The Veteran’S Guide to Psychiatry

By: Deborah Y. Liggan MD

The Veterans Administration continues to play a central role in providing mental health services, but everyone in the field can do a better job helping those whove served our country. Deborah Y. Liggan, MDwho has succeeded in both civilian and Air Force military serviceexplores the spectrum of mental health illnesses that affect veterans and how each disorder impacts their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Topics focus specifically on veterans and include psychiatric interviewing, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, disorders of cognition, recovery from mental illness, and psychiatric emergencies. With clear and concise language, the guide explores how to respond to complaints such as depression, suicide, and psychotic thought processes. At the conclusion of each chapter are ten study questions of self-examination for review. The Veterans Guide to Psychiatry is the definitive guide for psychiatrist residents, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and anyone involved in diagnosing and treating emotional illnesses.

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1491782218

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9781491782217

Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

By: Deborah Y. Liggan

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Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

By: Deborah Y. Liggan

Deborah Y. Liggan suffered her first bipolar depressive episode fourteen years ago. It came without warning, and the medication she was prescribed was useless. Only after attempting suicide did she receive electroconvulsive therapy, sometimes called shock therapy. Shed suffer several more bipolar episodes over the next ten years, but each time she was prepared. She knew what worked for her, and so she wasted no time in getting ECT treatments. Between psychotic episodes, she earned a medical degree. In ECT for the Elderly, she explores how ECT has changed over the years so elderly patients considering it will know what to expect. The textbook is also a resource for students, medical practitioners, and mental health workers who want to identify and prepare elderly patients for treatment. Before even thinking about using ECT, she urges all professionals to ask questions such as the following: Does the patient have an ECT-responsiveness illness? Does the patient have any medical problems that might require modifications of technique or increase the risks of the procedure? Has appropriate informed consent been obtained? Find out how ECT is being used to help the elderly with this textbook written by a doctor who has been treated with the therapy herself.

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1532017154

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Taking Care of Our Folks

A Manual for Family Members Caring for the Black Elderly

By: Deborah Liggan

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Taking Care of Our Folks

A Manual for Family Members Caring for the Black Elderly

By: Deborah Liggan

With the growing concern over healthcare in America, studies show that elderly African- Americans often come out on the losing end of the system due to lack of health insurance. Because of this growing population, taking care of elderly patients in the African-American community has become the responsibility of their family. If youre facing such a situation, your questions may be many and your answers few. Taking Care of Our Folks is a definitive guide to caring for your elderly relatives. Drawing on comprehensive and detailed research, this essential resource aims to ensure that elderly African-Americans receive culturally competent healthcare and live more productive, independent, and pain-free lives. Deborah Y. Liggan, MD, discusses the major health issues and offers case studies of how each illness affects this ethnic group. She offers up-to-date information on nutrition, pharmacology, technological advances, and self-help for each disease. Topics focus specifically on elderly African-Americans and include: Neurology of aging Cardiovascular problems Mental health and aging Approach to gastrointestinal problems Prominent cancers With clear and concise language, Taking Care of Our Folks will serve as an invaluable tool for caregivers and aging patients alike. Take the first step to competent and compassionate caregiving today!

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0595623042

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Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

By: Deborah Y. Liggan

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Book's by Deborah Liggan

Taking Care of Our Folks

Taking Care of Our Folks

The Veteran’S Guide to Psychiatry

The Veteran’S Guide to Psychiatry

Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

Taking Care of Our Folks

Taking Care of Our Folks

Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

Ect and the Elderly: Shocked for the Aged

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